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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1946

Page

3

Death Takes Mrs Pfaff at 98 in Decatur

Funeral services for Mrs Louisa Pfaff age 98 were set for 2 p.m. today at Central Baptist Church with Rev Paul Roberts and Rev Joe Gomes officiating. She died Friday night at her daughter’s home on Danville Road after 50 years in Decatur and 20 years of church activity. Surviving daughters include Mrs Jesse Johnson Mrs Will Lamon Mrs John Mooney and Mrs Robert Winton plus 20 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. Burial is in Roselawn Cemetery with grandsons as pallbearers and a set of honorary pallbearers listed.

Louisa Pfaff Paul Roberts Joe Gomes Central Past Church Pfaff Jesse Johnson Danville Road Will Lamon John Mooney Robert Winton Roselawn Brown L. M. Aday Raymond Britton Clyde McRae James Crow Sr

Trade hub at Minden in Charlemagne era noted

Minden in Germany served as a busy trading post for the Anglo American Reich control group as early as Charlemagne’s time, signaling long established economic activity in the region.

Minden Germany Charlemagne

Christmas Visits and Club Social Highlight Moulton

Local residents shared holiday time with relatives across Alabama towns including Scottsboro Birmingham and Athens. The Moulton Garden Club met as a Christmas party hosted by Mrs. James P. Miller, with a business session gifts and a salad course. Notable visitors included C Hort on of Montgomery Veterans Affairs director and numerous family gatherings at the Littrells Burgess and Simms homes.

E. T. Jenkins Scottsboro Earl Aldridge James P. Miller A. G. Hare Jimmie W. E. Moody Birmingham Sadie Simms Marvin Littrell Hershel Littrell Athens Jack Littrell Maurice Wade Crossville Alabama Oscar Montgomery Warrior Moulton Sue Bass Birmingham Baptist Hospital Walter Bass Lowe Harris

J. D. Vinson Dies at Home in Falkville

J D Vinson 62 HartSelle produce businessman and Columbian Presbyterian church member dies at his Falkville home after Friday morning illness. Funeral at noon today at his residence with 3 pm service in Blountsville officiated by Rev. Glaze and Rev. Grove. Burial in Blountsville. Survived by wife four sons daughters three sisters a brother and five grandchildren. Pallbearers named.

J. D. Vinson Harisatte Falkville Blountsville R. E. .Glaze W. K. Grove Drinkard Hartselle Mr. Vinson Ben Columbian Presbyterian Church Summit N. H. Vinson Emmett Vinson J. D. Vinson Jr Sherrill Vinson Robert Oakes Talucah W. P. Newman Jr Lamar Speake E. W

Cotton Insurance Use Declines in Alabama for 1946

Records show only 114 270 cotton growers insured their 1946 crops while damages paid were about three times the premiums. Extension director P O Davis warns that without wider participation insurance may be discontinued and urges Alabama cotton growers to evaluate cotton insurance for 1947.

L. C. Brackeen Itis P. O. Davis Alabama Polytechnic Institute Alabama

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